In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown